Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Nordic Combined
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Nordic Combined; at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (ski jumping); Makomanai Park (cross-country skiing)
Dates	4–5 February 1976
Competitors	40 from 14 nations
Winning Score	413.340
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 4 February to 5 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, while the cross-country portion took place at Makomanai Park.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

^[1]

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Ulrich Wehling East Germany	413.340	Rauno Miettinen Finland	405.505	Karl-Heinz Luck East Germany	398.800

Individual

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Ski Jumping					Cross-country			Total
Rank	Name	Country	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Total
	Ulrich Wehling	East Germany	101.6	99.3	~~96.2~~	200.9	4	49:15.3	212.440	3	413.340
	Rauno Miettinen	Finland	~~94.4~~	103.9	106.1	210.0	2	51:08.2	195.505	15	405.505
	Karl-Heinz Luck	East Germany	85.0	93.8	~~65.4~~	178.8	17	48:24.9	220.000	1	398.800
4	Erkki Kilpinen	Finland	~~78.8~~	91.5	93.5	185.0	9	49:52.6	206.845	4	391.845
5	Yuji Katsuro	Japan	~~90.4~~	92.1	103.0	195.1	6	51:10.9	195.100	18	390.200
6	Tomáš Kučera	Czechoslovakia	95.1	96.7	~~86.6~~	191.8	7	51:04.0	196.135	14	387.935
7	Aleksandr Nosov	Soviet Union	~~80.8~~	100.4	100.9	201.3	3	52:08.7	186.430	27	387.730
8	Kåre Olav Berg	Norway	~~74.0~~	90.9	89.5	180.4	16	50:08.9	204.400	7	384.800
9	Günter Deckert	East Germany	104.9	~~77.0~~	78.5	183.4	12	50:41.1	199.570	10	382.970
10	Ralph Pöhland	West Germany	~~81.4~~	90.7	84.1	174.8	22	49:55.6	206.395	5	381.195
11	Mikhail Artyukhov	Soviet Union	91.4	~~88.2~~	91.6	183.0	14	50:57.0	197.185	12	380.185
12	Kazimierz Długopolski	Poland	93.1	~~89.7~~	91.8	184.9	10	51:38.5	190.960	24	375.860
13	Hideki Nakano	Japan	109.5	111.0	~~108.8~~	220.5	1	55:41.2	154.555	39	375.055
14	Kjell Åsvestad	Norway	~~87.9~~	90.5	92.6	183.1	13	51:36.2	191.305	23	374.405
15	Kazuo Araya	Japan	~~88.5~~	100.3	99.4	199.7	5	53:29.3	174.340	34	374.040
16	Ezio Damolin	Italy	~~80.1~~	84.9	90.3	175.2	21	50:58.1	197.020	13	372.220
17	Stefan Hula	Poland	~~77.2~~	92.9	85.3	178.2	18	51:29.4	192.325	21	370.525
18	Hans Hartleb	East Germany	91.2	92.7	~~71.8~~	183.9	11	52:14.2	185.605	28	369.505
19	Henning Weid	Norway	~~85.6~~	90.0	91.3	181.3	15	51:58.1	188.020	25	369.320
20	Urban Hettich	West Germany	78.3	73.8	~~73.5~~	152.1	32	49:00.4	214.675	2	366.775
21	Mike Devecka	United States	~~63.3~~	77.6	79.5	157.1	27	50:00.0	205.735	6	362.835
22	Anatoly Zaytsev	Soviet Union	~~69.6~~	78.3	80.0	158.3	26	50:10.4	204.175	8	362.475
23	Gjert Andersen	Norway	81.5	91.8	~~72.7~~	173.3	23	52:04.8	187.015	26	360.315
24	Nobutaka Sasaki	Japan	90.8	99.5	~~84.5~~	190.3	8	54:00.6	169.645	37	359.945
25	Alfred Winkler	West Germany	84.2	91.4	~~82.5~~	175.6	20	52:41.5	181.510	32	357.110
26	Ladislav Rygl	Czechoslovakia	76.1	~~59.6~~	84.3	160.4	24	51:09.2	195.355	16	355.755
27	Jukka Kuvaja	Finland	76.4	~~75.9~~	83.8	160.2	25	51:17.0	194.185	19	354.385
28	Jaroslav Svoboda	Czechoslovakia	~~84.9~~	89.8	86.1	175.9	19	53:20.2	175.705	33	351.605
29	Vyacheslav Dryagin	Soviet Union	~~40.8~~	72.5	73.7	146.2	35	50:29.4	201.325	9	347.525
30	Fabio Morandini	Italy	61.9	79.6	~~39.2~~	141.5	36	50:43.7	199.180	11	340.680
31	Józef Gąsienica	Poland	~~62.9~~	82.4	64.4	146.8	34	51:29.4	192.325	21	339.125
32	Janez Gorjanc	Yugoslavia	~~66.7~~	78.3	77.5	155.8	28	52:40.1	181.720	31	337.520
33	Franz Keller	West Germany	~~72.4~~	73.7	80.3	154.0	31	52:32.5	182.860	30	336.860
34	Jim Miller	United States	~~50.8~~	80.8	58.9	139.7	37	51:09.9	195.250	17	334.950
35	Jacques Gaillard	France	76.3	79.1	~~73.4~~	155.4	29	53:59.5	169.810	35	325.210
36	Sven-Olof Israelsson	Sweden	70.7	59.6	~~55.6~~	130.3	39	51:24.9	193.000	20	323.300
37	Ulli Öhlböck	Austria	~~62.2~~	72.7	78.2	150.9	33	53:59.5	169.810	35	320.710
38	Teyck Weed	United States	~~55.6~~	66.5	63.3	129.8	40	52:26.2	183.805	29	313.605
39	Bob Kendall	United States	~~58.0~~	67.9	71.1	139.0	38	54:34.0	164.635	38	303.635
-	Libor Foltman	Czechoslovakia	80.1	74.9	~~42.0~~	155.0	30	DNF	-	-	-

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in nordic combined at the Sapporo Games.^[1]

Austria (1)
Finland (3)
France (1)
West Germany (4)
East Germany (4)
Italy (2)
Japan (4)
Norway (4)
Poland (3)
Sweden (1)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Soviet Union (4)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (1)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
^ "Nordic Combined at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Nordic Combined - Individual

[OfficialReport-1] "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

[SR-2] "Nordic Combined at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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